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I must babble. OMG, that was awesome! I love this show -- love the intrigue, love the hook of the "regular (fictional) folk" interacting with the big name historical figures, like Julius Caesar, and I love the beautiful sets and costumes. It lacks the battle scenes, regretfully (not enough money), but this is "The Sopranos" in Rome, not "Gladiator", so I'm okay with it.
Yeah, Caesar gets assassinated. Big shock, I know. :)
Last night was the first season finale, in which the fabulous Ciaran Hinds as Julius Caesar gets to die tragically, Brutus is wracked with guilt and I actually felt a little sorry for him, because he was really a tool of his mommy Servilia and her obsession with revenge (she was Caesar's former, cast-off lover). Servilia herself very politely and coldly tells Atia during a visit what's going on in the senate chamber at that very moment, that her son is part of a conspiracy to assassinate Atia's own much beloved uncle Caesar. Servilia threatens Atia with much suffering, in a brilliantly cold way. But the best part? She does it with Atia's son, Octavian, the future Augustus, sitting right there. And she has no idea what's going to happen to her - but I do. Octavian does *not* give mercy to any of the conspirators. At all. They are not only hunted down and killed, but all their lands and money were stripped away, leaving their families (what few were permitted to survive) reduced to penury. He was, in a word, pissed.
Max Pirklis, the young actor playing Octavian in the show, gives one very convincing furious glance at Servilia, that promises much vengeance to come. But she, like everyone else but Caesar on this show, still underestimates him. Ha, she'll see.
Oh, I'm *so* glad that it was renewed for a second season. It can't come soon enough.
Yeah, Caesar gets assassinated. Big shock, I know. :)
Last night was the first season finale, in which the fabulous Ciaran Hinds as Julius Caesar gets to die tragically, Brutus is wracked with guilt and I actually felt a little sorry for him, because he was really a tool of his mommy Servilia and her obsession with revenge (she was Caesar's former, cast-off lover). Servilia herself very politely and coldly tells Atia during a visit what's going on in the senate chamber at that very moment, that her son is part of a conspiracy to assassinate Atia's own much beloved uncle Caesar. Servilia threatens Atia with much suffering, in a brilliantly cold way. But the best part? She does it with Atia's son, Octavian, the future Augustus, sitting right there. And she has no idea what's going to happen to her - but I do. Octavian does *not* give mercy to any of the conspirators. At all. They are not only hunted down and killed, but all their lands and money were stripped away, leaving their families (what few were permitted to survive) reduced to penury. He was, in a word, pissed.
Max Pirklis, the young actor playing Octavian in the show, gives one very convincing furious glance at Servilia, that promises much vengeance to come. But she, like everyone else but Caesar on this show, still underestimates him. Ha, she'll see.
Oh, I'm *so* glad that it was renewed for a second season. It can't come soon enough.
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